He was once the nation's sharpest blade, Lin Feng, a special forces soldier in the Wolf Fang unit.
His comrade Zhao Lei was killed in action, but corruption swallowed the compensation meant for his family, while his critically ill mother hovered between life and death.
With nowhere else to turn, he was forced into the darkness, joining the bloodthirsty mercenary group Hyenas just to earn the 500,000 yuan needed to save her.
But every mission here is a trap, and every partnership could end with a knife in your back.
From African blood-diamond mines to intelligence wars in Eastern Europe, from escort missions turning into silencing operations to allies becoming enemies, Lin Feng fights his way through the killing fields with the tactics and willpower of an elite special forces soldier.
Then he discovers that Zhao Lei's death was no accident.
The Hyenas' insignia, the military's hidden accounts, the trail of the compensation money... Every clue points to a shocking conspiracy: his comrade was silenced for uncovering arms smuggling and corruption at the highest levels.
His faith collapses, and the fire of revenge ignites.
Lin Feng is no longer a mercenary who sells his life for money. He is an avenger who has infiltrated the wolf's den.
Together with a genius young hacker forced into service and a former KGB agent who walks the line between good and evil, he vows to tear open this web that devours lives.
From desperate counterattacks to gathering allies, from bloody missions to the exposure of corruption, the fighting keeps escalating, and his enemies reach from mercenary groups to the highest ranks of the military.
The final battle aboard the Ghost Ship in international waters is one man's war, and a soldier's last stand for justice.
This is a road to vengeance paved with blood and fire.
When the blade is finally sheathed, he will have protected not only his comrade's legacy, but also the line that must never be crossed, even in the darkest hour.
